Nigel Basin
Jasper
darren.farley , Monday 20th January, 2025 2:15PM
Went for a ski in the Nigel Basin today. -21 in the morning but warmed up to -7. The snowpack below tree line is very faceted and not supportive. Trail breaking and skiing is doable but not great. There is widespread wind effect in the alpine and at tree line but some soft snow can still be found. We dug a snow profile at tree line and almost all of the entire 100cm snowpack was made up very loose (fist density) facets. In the alpine we found lots of wind slabs sitting on top of these facets. We had numerous Whumphs and some cracking. We avoided any real avalanche terrain at tree line and above.
Source: Avalanche Canada MIN
